Certain aspects of this disclosure relate to an isolated protease, and
cleaning compositions containing the same. In some embodiments, the
protease may comprise an amino acid sequence that is at least 80%
identical to the wild type Streptomyces 1AG3 protease. Isolated nucleic
acid encoding the subject protease, recombinant nucleic acid containing
the same and host cells containing the recombinant nucleic acid are also
provided.